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Today I turn 41! I’m the birthday, as the kids would say.
& here’s what I’ve learned over these years:
A. There’s no substitute for great friends.
B. The little things are the big things.
C. Let things breathe — even important things need space.
D. Life is shorter than you think. Tell them you love them now.
E. We can win in this lifetime.
F. I get why runners always talk about running.
G. None of us are bigger than the program — but we make the program.
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A 124-year-old voting ban designed to silence Black Virginians is finally gone.
While Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, governors’ mansions, and state legislatures across the country, Virginia overturned its “Jim Crow-era lifetime ban” on voting for people with prior felony convictions. motherjones.com/politics/202…
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MoMA is hiring a Library Assistant paying $64,023 per year. If you enjoy supporting research and helping care for library collections, this could be worth exploring. Apply directly: recruiting.ultipro.com/MUS10… Explore 20 NYC creative arts and education opportunities: lailanigibsonartjobs.substac…
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Colorado became 1st state to require in-person polling places in jails. (Most people are in jail pretrial, unlike in prison, & have right to vote!)
Person who helped author the reform, Amanda Gonzalez, just won Colorado secretary of state.
Flashback: boltsmag.org/colorado-voting…
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Daniel Darris-O’Connor, a 19-year-old Billerica Democrat, unseated an eight-term Republican lawmaker, making him one of the youngest representatives-elect in Massachusetts history. trib.al/8nA7O5w
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So Martha Stewart is now blaming Today Show co-anchor Craig Melvin for her stupid Halloween costume, in which she dressed up as a homeless person?
She says he spilled chocolate on her sweater and she had only 10 minutes to get ready.
As if that left her with no choice but to dress up as a homeless person?
Her initial defense was that she was trying to raise awareness about homelessness, and she made a point of mentioning her support for charities that help homeless people.
So first it was about raising awareness, and now it's Craig's fault?
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Cynthia Erivo has been cast as Tupac's mom in the Snoop Dogg biopic.
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com/movies…)
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Last night’s victories in the South, in the Sunbelt and across the country transformed what we imagine for America. Here are my thoughts this morning.
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And here comes to steal after getting absolutely destroyed last night
🚨 DEVELOPING — Texas Senate Republicans will reportedly meet this afternoon to discuss stripping the newly elected Democratic lieutenant governor of legislative powers and electing a Senate majority leader, per @quorumreport.
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Virginians abolished their lifetime (LIFETIME) ban on voting for anyone with a felony conviction.
This is what Virginian George Hawkins, who became a public face for the issue in recent years, told Bolts about it. boltsmag.org/virginia-passes…
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Louisiana’s Jamie Davis lost by less than 2 points.
Yet he was the only Democratic candidate in a close Senate race to get $0 in national ad money.
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Breaking: Gov. Brian Kemp just said he will *not* call a special legislative session to redraw Georgia’s political boundaries or limit the powers of Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms. @ajc #gapol
ajc.com/politics/2026/11/bri…
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.@AdrienneEAdams is the lieutenant governor-elect and the first former city council speaker to be elected to anything after, breaking the curse
